If you or someone you care for is being treated for anxiety, depression or some other mental health disorder, and are taking opioids to treat a painful condition, it would be wise to seek alternative pain relief. People with emotional problems who use opioids are more at risk for dependence and…

After six months of serious negotiations, China has agreed to a fentanyl ban of the production and sale of four variations of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The killer drug has been pouring into the U.S. illegally from China for years and has been implicated directly in countless overdose…

A recent study of the prescribing practices of emergency room physicians clearly shows that the more opioids you prescribe, the more long-term use and abuse will result - especially among the elderly.
The study, published in New England Journal of Medicine, analyzed opioid prescriptions among…

(Novus reports to professionals in the treatment industry to help support those that work to handle the epidemic of addiction in the US.)
Since cracking down on "pill mills" in the state, and introducing the state's new prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) a few years ago, Florida is…

Everything was great at my visit here.
I was doing 180-210 mg of OxyContin a day. It became ridiculous spending most of my money on pills and watching my life quickly dwindling away so I came to realize I needed help. With the help of very understanding parents, I was able to come to Novus. My…

As a drug user, how did he buy the gun? And was he using narcotics at the time of the murders?
On June 17, 2015, a 21-year-old white supremacist named Dylann Roof walked into an historic South Carolina church and mercilessly took the lives of nine black people — the pastor and eight…

Pharmaceutical companies that make abuse-deterrent opioid painkillers have received the final word from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the types of studies and evaluations required to win official "drug-deterrent" approval.
The drug companies were first made aware two years ago that…

Pain specialists have suspected for years that opioid painkillers are somehow related to symptoms of depression in chronic pain patients. A new study published in the medical journal Pain shows that those suspicions were indeed correct.
As chronic pain patients increase their dosage of opioid…

The number of opioid-addicted newborns in Florida, like heroin and hydrocodone, has increased more than 10-fold since 1995, says a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the soaring 10-fold increase “far exceeds the three-fold increase observed nationally,”…

A troubled Marine who overdosed and died in a VA psych ward is only one of many cases of overdose in recent years. But the VA assured the Senate committee in March that the rampant opioid prescribing has begun to ease off and other measures are being taken.
The Veteran’s Affairs has come under…